Memorandum-pad calendar.



F. A. WEEKS.

MEMORANDUM PAD CALENDAR.

APPLICATION FILED PEB, 25, 1911. 1,949,428. Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

5 l" gg FRANK A. 'WEEKS, 0F PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

'MEMORANDUM-PAD CALENDAR.

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To all fui/0m t may concern:

Be it known that l', .FRANK At. WEEKS, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident` of Plainfield, in thecounty of Union and State of N ew Jersey, have invented certain newD anduseful llmprovements in Memorandom-Pad Calendars, ot which the followinnr is a specification The invention relates memorandum-pad calendars,and consists in the novel features and structure hereinafter described,and particularlypointed out in the claim. n

Memorandum-pad desk-calendarsor Varlous constructions are well known. l

@ne object ot' my invention is to produce a memorandum-pad calendar ofimproved construction and increased convenience in use, and a furtherpurpose of the invention is to provide a calendar whose stand while ofproper strength is comparatively light in weight and may be convenientlypacked within limited space for shipment.

Memorandum-pad desk calendars comprise a stand, a pad of leaves orslips, one t'or each day of the year, thereon and wireloops on which theslips are strung; and which enable the slips, one after another, to beturned over from the pad and rest on a part connected with or of thestand, the face ot' the slip thus turned over from the pad and thenexposed disclosing the date, While the exposed face of the slipremaining on the top of the pad allords a blank sheet to receive suchdata as it may be desired to place thereon.

l y invention pertains more largely to the stand which supports thecalendar-pad and will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which:

Figure l is a perspective view oit a memorandum pad calendar embodyingthe invention, the cover-plate for the pad when in its initial conditionand some of the leaves of the pad being shown as turned over on theupper end of the stand; Fig. 2 is -a central vertical longitudinalsection ot' the same, the

Specification of Letters Patent. `application led February 25, 1911.

to improvements inglve a convenient Patented dan., '3, i913. serial no.610,631.

cover-plate for the pad being' shown on the pad by solid lines and itsposition when turned over on the upper end of the stand being indicatedby dotted lines, and Fig. 3 is a top view of the stand, with the padomitted therefrom.

ln the drawings, l0 designates the plate body oit' the stand, ll the padof day calen dar-slips thereon, l2 a cover-plate of metal or othermaterial stiller than the individual pad-leaves or slips and initiallyon the pad, 13 the wire loops on which said slips and cover-plate arestrung, and la a leg or prop by which said plate body is supported in aninclined position and which is preferably integral with the loops 13 andformed from the same rod of wire employed to create said loops. The body10 is a thin metal plate of about the same width as the pad 11 andlonger than the same, and at its lower end said plate is centrallyrecessed, as at 15, and formed with upwardly curved members 16 to createa convenient pen-holder or pencil rest, the recess l5 enabling' thepen-holder or pencil to be readily picked up by the thumb and linger.rlhe main portion 17 of thebody l0 is flat to receive the pad l1 and issupported in an upwardly and rearwardly inclined position by the legr orprop 14 to inclination to said pad. The upper or rear end portion 18 ofthe body l0 curves rearwardly and upwardly from the tlatportion 17-thereof on the lines of a compound curve, as shown in Fig. 2, saidportion 1S first curving upwardly, at 1'9, and inclining rearwardly andthen at its upper portion on a reverse curve turning,r rearwardly andcreating a seat to support the upper` end part of the plate l2 and padleaves when the saine are turned rearwardly thereupon, as shown inFig. 1. The plate l2 and pad-leaves or slips when turned rearwardlyextend at their upper ends beyond the part 18 of .the stand, wherebysaid plate and slips may be readily taken hold of at their upper endportions in restoring' them wholly or in part to the pad whenever it maybe desired to refer back to the memoranda that may he thereon. lJVhenthe plate 12 and pad slips tion against the part 18 of the stand, theyextend on an upward and rearward inclination from the upper end of theflat portion 17 'of the stand to the seat or support created atthe-.upper end of said part 18, leaving above the curve 19 an open space21 in which the finger may be inserted to aid in sliding, by a liftingaction, the rearwardly turned leaves ofthe pad upwardly upon the wireloops whenever that result is desired, as when it may be necessary toconsult memoranda on the leaves that have already been used. The openspace lower part of the turned-over portion of the pad and in reasonablynear relation to the rear members of the'wire loops 13 and enables aneasy upward movement of the said port-ion of the pad on said loops withconvenience and without danger of tearing the pad-leaves at the holespunched therein. I do not confine my invention in all its parts to thepresence of the space 21 but in the stands that I have manufactured andsold said space has been provided in the manner shownin Figs. 1 and 2.

The loops 13 and leg or prop 14 arepreferably formed from a single rodof wire whose middle portion is bent to form a horizontal laterally andrearwardly extended bar 22, whence the opposite members of the rodextend frontwardly .and then upwardly on frontwardly inclined parallellines through the plate body 10 and then downwardly on rearwardlyinclined parallel lines through said body to form the rear and frontmembers 23, 24 respectively of the loops 13, the lower ends of themembers 24 being threaded to receive the thumb-nuts 25 by which saidloops and prop are detachably clamped in position with relation tosaidbody. The plate body 10 is apertured to receive the lower ends of theloop-members v24 and transversely slotted, as at 26, to permit theinsertion through it of the leg or prop 14.

vThe calendar-stand as a whole is preferably composed of few parts,to-wit: the plate body 10, the wire rod furnishing the loops 13 and prop14 and the thumb-nuts 25, and hence is comparatively simple andinexpensive of construction and capable of bing readily assembled anddisassembled, it being my purpose to provide a stand which may be usedfrom year to year and receive at the beginning pad for the preceding orclosing year being removed and preferably preserved for posslble futurereference. The loop-members 23, 24 inclineupwardly and frontwardly andwhile slightly diverging downwardly may be said to be substantiallyparallel with each other. The loop-members 23, 24 are under a springtension from each other and hence the members 24 bind at their' lowerends are in their rear posiv 21 is below the of each year a new pad,theagainst the walls of the holes in the body 10 which receive them andtheir lower ends bind against the rear wall ofthe slot 26, with theresult that the loops are firmly held against loose play or rattlingwith respect to lthe 'body' 10.

In assembling the body 10 and wire loops 13, the -prop 14 is inserteddownwardly through the slot 26 and the members 24 are pressed at theirlower portions in a direction toward the members 23, whereby thelowervends of the members 24 are brought into suitable relation to theirholes .in the body 10 to be inserted downwardly into the samepreparatory to receiving the nuts 25.

The pad 11 will comprise a leaf or slip for each day in the year, and atthe beginning of the year all of the slips will be strungv on themembers 24 of the loops 13. The loops of the`pad will successively, oneon each day, be turned over on the upper portion of the body 10 andallowed to rest in an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 1, the exposedface of the turned-over slip exposing the date and the exposed face ofthe upper slip on the main pad affording a sheet on which such data asmay be desired may .be written, and which is ruled as indicated in Fig.1 for the convenience of the'user. The exposed face of the top slip onthe main pad should also bear a date corresponding with the date on theexposed face of the top turned-over slip restingl on the upper inclinedportion, 18 of the body 10.

The plate 12 initially covers the pad 11 and not only adds a finish tothe top of the pad but may be used to receive a mono gram of the personto whom it may be desired to present the same. The plate 12 during theuse of the pad is turned over against the rearwardly inclined portion ofthe body 10 and affords a surface 'against which the flexible leavesturned rearwardly, said plate 12 in this position preserving thespace'21 by preventing the sagging of the flexible pad leaves downwardlyinto said recess and also preserving the appearance of the article bycompelling the turned-over pad leaves to maintain a uniform inclinedposition and condition.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A pad-celndar stand comprisin an elongated sheet metal plate body aOrding a lower fiat portion to initially receive the pad and an upper orrear end portion which ex-I tends directly rearwardly from said fiatlower portion and turns upwardly and rearwardly therefrom to receive theleaves which may be turned rearwardly from the pad, and parallel wireloops having substantially parallel front and rear members at the upperend of said lower portion of the stand to hold the leaves of the pad atone end on said of the pad may rest when the members 23 at lowerportion, said loops being formed from of New York and State of New York,this an integral rod of wire whose middle part 24 day of February A. D.1911. extends downwardly through said body to constitute a prop forsupporting the same FRANK A WEEKS; 5 1n an inclined position and whoseendsare Witnesses:

detachably secured to said body. CHAS. C. GILL,

Signed at New Yorzk city, in the county ARTHUR MARION.

